Northampton's former England centre Geoff Appleford has been forced to retire from rugby because of injury. The 29-year-old suffered nerve damage to his right shoulder while on England sevens duty in June, 2005 and has failed to gain full sensation in ...

Northampton Saints have signed up the services of England centre Geoff Appleford on a three-year deal. The South African-born centre has spent the last four seasons at London Irish where he made 91 appearances and scored 11 tries. The 27-year-old is ...

Phil Murphy with 19 caps for Canada is the most experienced international, Scott Staniforth with three caps for Australia is making his debut for the Exiles, Geoff Appleford and Mark Mapletoft have played for England, while Delon Armitage, Kevin ...

Joe Lydon's side ran in eight tries in a devastating performance that earned them a clash with South Africa in the last four. Rob Thirlby and James Brooks led the way with two tries apiece, while Richard Haughton, Phil Dowson, Geoff Appleford and Ben ...

London Irish has announced the following team for its Zurich Premiership away match against Bath this evening at 8.00pm at The Recreation Ground, Bath. The team shows one change from the starting line-up of the team that played Saracens on Sunday.

Simon Amor, Geoff Appleford, Phil Greening, Richard Haughton, Jamie Noon, Henry Paul and Tony Roques will all be returning to Hong Kong for the tournament on March 28-30. Matt Cannon of London Irish and Sale Sharks' Magnus Lund will then join up ...